Keane Ng Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

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Retailers List DJ Hero at $120

GameStop and Amazon have listed Activision’s upcoming music game DJ Hero at $120 for a bundle that comes with the game’s turntable peripheral. ...

By Keane Ng Legacy AuthorJune 18, 2009

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Halo 3: ODST Leads Post-E3 Consumer Interest

A survey conducted by research firm Nielsen in the wake of E3 earlier this month shows Halo 3: ODST, God of War III ...

By Keane Ng Legacy AuthorJune 18, 2009

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Tim Schafer Thinks Subject Matter of Games Needs to Expand

The subject of matter of games has expanded from the small list of genres it used to cover, Brutal Legend designer Tim Schafer ...

By Keane Ng Legacy AuthorJune 18, 2009

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CliffyB Not Burned Out on Gears, But Loves New IP

Even after what he calls “only” two Gears of War games, Epic Games’ Cliff Bleszinski says he still sees plenty of opportunity to ...

By Keane Ng Legacy AuthorJune 18, 2009

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LucasArts Not Planning Monkey Island 2 Remake

LucasArts is bringing back the Monkey Island franchise in style with a remake of the original and a new episodic series, but it’s ...

By Keane Ng Legacy AuthorJune 17, 2009

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MGS Rising Levels 3rd-Party Playing Field, Says Microsoft

Now that Metal Gear Solid is making its way to the Xbox 360 with Rising, the “third-party playing field” has been leveled and ...

By Keane Ng Legacy AuthorJune 17, 2009

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Metroid Creator Is For a Prime Sequel

Metroid overseer Yoshio Sakamoto has nothing against Retro Studios making a sequel to the Metroid Prime series – he said that he’d “encourage” ...

By Keane Ng Legacy AuthorJune 17, 2009

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BioShock and Oblivion Combine For The Most Critically Acclaimed Bundle Ever

If you somehow have managed to avoid playing BioShock and The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion for this long, well, 2K and Bethesda sure ...

By Keane Ng Legacy AuthorJune 17, 2009

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UK Prison Bans PS3s Over Fears of Escape – UPDATED

Inmates of Britain’s Rye Hill Prison are no longer allowed to use PlayStation 3s because wardens fear that they could use the system’s ...

By Keane Ng Legacy AuthorJune 17, 2009

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The Secret of Scribblenauts

Scribblenauts wowed E3-goers with its “if you can imagine it, it’s in the game” approach to puzzle solving. But how exactly did 5th ...

By Keane Ng Legacy AuthorJune 16, 2009

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Ubisoft CEO: Next-Gen Games Will Cost Triple to Make

In Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot’s vision of the future, games will be just like playing modern CGI movies. Unfortunately that means they’ll cost ...

By Keane Ng Legacy AuthorJune 16, 2009

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Microsoft Responds to New Xbox Rumors

Microsoft is attempting to quell rumors of a new upgraded Xbox that will ship next year, even as the rumor mill continues to ...

By Keane Ng Legacy AuthorJune 16, 2009

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